This morning, a James Bond Facebook page and a 007 Twitter account appeared in my inbox. Why? Because, of course, today is a big day for the James Bond franchise. Yes, it's 50 years ago today that Sean Connery was announced as the first actor to play James Bond in Dr. No.

But it was also the day that Bond 23's title was announced. As everyone expected, it's called Skyfall. A slight let-down, but it's not the end of the world. (Unless Chicken Licken is in it, in which case it definitely is.)

In between the endless (and equally dreadful) Skyfall jokes flying around on t'internet (I was still hoping it would be called 23nal Destination), the following details came out about Bond 23. It's directed by Sam Mendes (we already knew that), stars Daniel Craig in his last contractually-obliged Bond film (we knew that too), as well as Judi Dench as M, Javier Bardem as the bad guy, Naomie Harris as a field agent called Eve and Bérénice Marlohe as a Bond girl. Other cast members include Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and (most exciting of all) Ben Whishaw (hopefully as Q). Ben Whishaw in a Bond film? Now all we need is Romola Garai as Moneypenny.

As well as all that stuff, we finally found out the plot for Bond 23. Here it is:

Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack. 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

A shady back story for the security chief? Personal costs and old enemies? The Skyfall synopsis sounds a lot like Spooks to me. And that's no bad thing. Now someone get Harry Pearce involved, dammit.

Here's the whole Skyfall family looking chirpy in London:

As the excitment dies down - and people start spreading rumours that Moneypenny's first name might be Eve after all, or that Ralph Fiennes is returning as Blofeld after Craig's comment that Skyfall is "Bond with a capital B" - it's time to continue counting down to the film's release next October the only way we know how... by watching one Bond film a month. Here's our latest BlogalongaBond entry: How to Be a Bond Henchman.

So over the weekend, we all heard about how Javier Bardem was lined up to play Q in the now-definitely-on-its-way Bond 23. Bardem has now spoken to the LA Times about this reported offer of a major role in Sam Mendes' Bond film, and confirmed it all: "I’d be playing Bond's nemesis, yes... but it's not that obvious. Everything is more nuanced. It's very intriguing... They're changing the whole thing, the whole dynamic."

Which means one of things: either Q is now the bad guy, which is a direction I'm surprisingly comfortable with, or Javier Bardem will be the second Academy Award winner to play a 007 villain after A View to a Kill.

What could possibly go wrong?

Ok, I promise I'll stop posting stuff about James Bond films from now on. Except, you know, for every single month of the next two years...

The buzz going round is that Javier Bardem has been offered a big role for Bond 23. Could he be playing evil Bond villain Rachel Weisz? Perhaps he'll be 007's first male love interest? Possible clashes with The Dark Tower notwithstanding, I think it's obvious who Javier Bardem has been asked to play: none other than Major Boothroyd himself...

Javier Bardem will be Q. You heard it here first.

And they said John Cleese could never be replaced... 

Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Javier Bardem
Certificate: 15
Release Date: Friday 28th January

Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona. His livelihood is earned out of bounds, his sacrifices for his children know no bounds.

Like life itself, this is a circular tale that ends where it begins. As fate encircles him and thresholds are crossed, a dim, redemptive road brightens, illuminating the inheritances bestowed from father to child, and the paternal guiding hand that navigates life’s corridors, whether bright, bad – or biutiful.

So apparently Warner Bros are gunning for James Franco and Javier Bardem to join the forces for Jonathan Liebesman's 3D sequel, Wrath of the Titans.

Yes. Wrath of the Titans. That's what Clash of the Titans 2 will be called. And it's a terrible name. Here's why:

TITANS. WILL. WRATH.

That tagline doesn't make any sense at all now. Another epic fail.

I've always said it: Javier Bardem was one of my only two chances at a happy life with a sexy Spaniard. And now he's gone and got married to Penelope Cruz - the second of my only two chances at a happy life with a sexy Spaniard. It's enough to make you want to set yourself on fire.

The Oscar-winning couple have been romantically entangled for a while now, appearing together in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona back in 2008. Lucky them. They tied the knot at a private ceremony in the Bahamas this month, Cruz's agent revealed to the press. Her dress was designed by John Galliano. Apparently. Not that anyone will ever see that.

Javier Bardem, 41, second only to Cruz in the Sexy Spanish Movie Folks list, won Best Supporting Actor for No Country for Old Men, while Penelope, 36, picked up her Best Supporting Actress gong for Allen's romantic comedy. The pair first performed together in Bias Luna's Jamon Jamon, which was Cruz's debut acting turn. They've been out-sexing each other ever since.

And so the couple begin their wedded lives together, stealing the happiness that once could have been mine. They'll probably have sexy movie star babies too. And those will be my third and final chance at a happy life with a sexy Spaniard. **

** (Note to lawyers: I won't actually kidnap their unborn child. As long as they divorce within the year.) 

Terrence Malick is lining up his next film; a momentous occasion in the film industry calendar, given that he tends to spend 10 years on one before he's happy with it. But this is even more momentous, because (as far as the world is aware) he's still working on Tree of Life, which stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.

Still, Deadline Hollywood has reported that Terrence Malick has found romance. With Christian Bale, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko. Not a bad collection if you're looking for true love. He's bringing with him some of the team from Tree of Life and shooting is set for this autumn.

Things are moving quickly, which is strange for Malick. But, as we all expect, not a word has been said about the plot. But you hear that tiny, quiet buzz? That's the excitement only Malick can generate.